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Politics & Policy

Poll worker Chuck Kellander interacts with voters through a plexiglass screen at Belmont Hill Elementary School in Bensalem, Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s legislative redistricting is done. But its local impacts are still unfolding

Legislative redistricting has reshaped Pennsylvania's House of representatives. Here's how two communities are grappling with the changes.

4 years ago

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A woman shows a peace sign in front of a Russian WWII tank at the Soviet War Memorial at the bolevard 'Strasse des 17. Juni' alongside a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
International
Military

Germany’s move to help arm Ukraine signals historic shift

Germany's stunning decision to send anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine is nothing less than a historic break with its post-World War II foreign policy.

4 years ago

Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 24. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
International
Military

Ukrainian soldiers who profanely told off Russian warship may be alive, officials say

The Ukrainian troops on Zmiiniy Island – also known as Snake Island – may instead have been captured by Russian military forces, according to a statement.

4 years ago

A view of Khreshchatyk, the main street, empty, due to curfew in the central of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. A Ukrainian official says street fighting has broken out in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv. Russian troops also put increasing pressure on strategic ports in the country's south following a wave of attacks on airfields and fuel facilities elsewhere that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
International
Military

Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

The order means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch, raising the threat that tensions could boil over into nuclear warfare.

4 years ago

Police officers detain a woman in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Shocked Russians turned out by the thousands Thursday to decry their country's invasion of Ukraine as emotional calls for protests grew on social media. Some 1,745 people in 54 Russian cities were detained, at least 957 of them in Moscow.
International
Military
Protests

Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia despite government crackdown

At least 460 people in 34 Russian cities were detained Saturday over anti-war protests. Thousands of Russians also signed open letters condemning the invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

File photo: In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
International
Military
Politics
Sports

Chelsea’s Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich hands over ‘stewardship’ of soccer club

The move came after a member of the British parliament called for the Russian billionaire to hand over the club in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

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Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Bullet pierces window of Philadelphia Police Internal Affairs building late Friday night

Police say a bullet pierced the window of Internal Affairs, nobody inside was injured.

4 years ago

Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters
NPR
International
Military
Technology

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter limit ads over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Meta, Facebook's parent company, says the decision comes in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Twitter says it is temporarily pausing ads in Ukraine and Russia.

4 years ago

A Polish border guard assists refugees from Ukraine as they arrive to Poland at the Korczowa border crossing, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022
International
Military

Fleeing to the border: Over 150,000 Ukrainians seek refuge

The U.N. refugee agency said Saturday that over 150,000 people have fled into neighboring countries. A spokeswoman says "the numbers and the situation is changing minute by mi

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks as he announces Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Cross Hall of the White House, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, in Washington
Government
National
Politics

State of the Union: Biden speech comes amid crises, setbacks

Traditionally, State of the Union speeches focus on domestic issues, but Biden could also use this one to outline the stakes of the crisis in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Ukrainian troops inspect the site following a Russian airstrike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022
International
Military

Russian troops zero in on Kyiv as 150,000 Ukrainians flee

Small groups of Russian soldiers were reported Saturday in the capital, where the quiet was sporadically pierced by the sound of gunfire.

4 years ago

Three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

Offshore wind leases top $4 billion for coastal New Jersey and New York

The Biden Administration’s first offshore wind lease sales topped $4 billion for 488,000 acres, blowing away previous records.

4 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
International
Military

U.S., Europe agree to freeze assets of Russia’s Putin, Lavrov

White House press secretary Jen Psaki indicated the U.S. sanctions will include a travel ban.

4 years ago

Tanks uploaded on military truck platforms as a part of additional British troops and military equipment arrive at Estonia's NATO Battle Group base in Tapa, Estonia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealing for help, NATO members ranging from Russia’s neighbor Estonia in the north down to Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast triggered urgent consultations about their security
International
Military

NATO leaders agree to bolster eastern forces after invasion

It’s the first time the response force has been used in the defense of NATO allies.

4 years ago

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach waves during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing
International
Military
Sports

IOC urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

The request from the Olympic body came after UEFA and the governing bodies of skiing and Formula One pulled upcoming events from Russia.

4 years ago

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